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Looks like Windows 8 is Clone-able, well, sorta'

 
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:59 pm    Post subject: Looks like Windows 8 is Clone-able, well, sorta' Reply with quote

For those Mac users who have been using and enjoying
the benefits of making Bootable Clones by using Carbon Copy Cloner
or Super Duper.......you can now do something similar
with Windows 8 by using Microsoft sanctioned software.
I guess Bill & Company are not as stupid as they have
led us to believe in the past or is it that they are just
stealing more than looks from other OSes. Anyway,
this is great news for Windows users. It looks like
you can clone Windows all the way back to XP.

The cool thing is the software that creates Bootable
Windows Drives also creates Linux Bootable Drives.
Creating Bootable Linux Drives has become tedious in
the the past couple of years.......not any more.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perhaps I misunerstand, but the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is what i used to install Windows 7 on a DVD-less MBP...the page you link to isn't cloning software, just for allowing boot of an ISO from a USB drive
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:39 am    Post subject: Sorta' Reply with quote

ez061111 wrote:
Perhaps I misunerstand...the page you link to isn't cloning software, just for allowing boot of an ISO from a USB drive

Right.....thats why I put "sorta" in the title.
This is the closest Windows has been, officially.
WinToFlash & Rufus come the closest to what we have
but its still not quite the same and for Linux
its UNetbootin. I'll probably be buying Win8 so
I think I may give Rufus a try.
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